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Moving On

Stephen Pearce, the famous potter, is bidding Ireland au revoir. The home of the family’s pottery business, Glebe House in Kilmahon, Co Cork, has been placed on the market with a €600,000 price-tag. Pearce’s father, Philip, sadly died in 1993 and since then his sons have toyed with the idea of transforming Glebe House into a family museum. Now based in France, Pearce has finally decided that he just doesn’t have the time to restore the 18th-century pile. “When someone buys it I would be very happy to talk through my ideas with them if they are interested,” he said.

A sale has just been agreed on Paolo Tullio’s Wicklow house, according to the Jackson Stops website. Armstrong’s Barn, home to the chef, writer and actor for over two decades, was formerly run by Tullio as a Michelin-standard restaurant, where Charles Haughey and Terry Keane were regulars.